INTERPAKS, Considers the feasibility of using the US institutional approach to promote agricultural development in developing countries. Noting that farming systems research is concerned about understanding the whole farm in a comprehensive manner, the social and agricultural structures of the USA and developing countries are compared to establish any differences which would affect the implementation of this approach. Six comparisons are made: 1) US farmers were politically active in obtaining a mandate for research, while limited-resources farmers in developing countries are marginal to political power; 2) US farmers and researchers share common goals, while researchers in developing countries tend to be from urban and/or elite backgrounds and have little in common with the farmer; 3) many developing societies do not place an equivalent value on mental and manual energy as in the US; 4) the US farm economy was founded on a husband and wife team sharing management, labor and farm ownership in contrast to the present situation in developing countries; 5) development of US agriculture was assisted by the ability of the non-agricultural sects to absorb noncompetitive farmers; and 6) in the US there has always close cooperation between private and public sectors in developing and disseminating agricultural technology, while developing countries do not have mediating factors.
Burfisher, M. E. (author) and Horenstein, N. R. (author)
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1983
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 103 Document Number: C08933
Notes:
B. L. Green shields & M. A. Bellamy (Eds.), Rural development: growth and inequity, contributed papers read at the 18th International Conference of Agricultural Economics. Aldershot, Hants, England: Gower. 161-165.
International: International Program for Agricultural Knowledge Systems (INTERPAKS), Office of International Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana, and Office of International Programs, Colorado State University, Fort Collins.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes6 Document Number: C12531
Notes:
Francis C. Byrnes Collection, Proceedings of a conference on international extension at Steamboat Springs, Colorado. 59 p.
